Pushpam Priya Choudhary
Pushpam Priya Choudhary | |
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पुष्पम प्रिया चौधरी | |
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President of The Plurals Party | |
Assumed office 2019 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 1987 (age 34–35) Darbhanga, Bihar, India |
Political party | The Plurals Party |
Education | Master of Public Administration and Master of Development Studies |
Alma mater | The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) (2017-2019), Institute of Development Studies (IDS), University of Sussex (2015-2016) and Symbiosis International University (2007-2011) |
Website | pushpampc |
Nickname(s) | PPC |
Pushpam Priya Choudhary (born 13 June 1987) is an Indian politician and the president of The Plurals Party.[1][2] She became popular mainly of her self declaration as a Chief Minister candidate of 2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly Election.[3]
Early life[]
Pushpam was born to Professor Saroj Choudhary and Professor Binod Kumar Choudhary, the former MLC of Bihar Legislative Council[4] on 13 June 1987 in Darbhanga, Bihar. She has earned a double master's degree in Master of Public Administration (MPA) from The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and Master of Development Studies from Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex,UK. Earlier she has also worked with the Government of Bihar as a consultant in Tourism and Health Departments. Pushpam has an elder sister who is a British Civil Servant settled in London.[5]
While launching herself into politics on 8 March 2020 by forming a new party, Pushpam declared herself as the Chief Ministerial candidate of Bihar state in India.[6] Her party named The Plurals Party contested 2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election on 148 seats without much success including her twin loss from Bankipur and Bisfi seats.[7][8]
Her grandfather Professor Umakant Choudhary was with Nitish Kumar when the latter co-founded the Samata Party in 1994 and also contested Assembly elections four times as Samta Party and Janata Dal (United) candidate.[9] Later, her father Professor Binod Kumar Choudhary became Member of Legislative council (MLC) during 2008-2014 as Janta Dal (United) candidate from Darbhanga Graduate Constituency.[4] At present, her uncle Professor Binay Kumar Choudhary is an incumbent Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) of Janta Dal (United) from Benipur (Vidhan Sabha constituency).[10]
Political career[]
Pushpam Priya Choudhary founded The Plurals Party on 8 March 2020 and contested 2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election from two constituencies Bankipur in Patna and Bisfi in Madhubani where she lost both the seats.[11][12][13][14]
Ideology[]
![Pushpam Priya Choudhary at the closed factory of famous Morton chocolate during her “30 Years Lockdown” campaign showing economic destruction of Bihar](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Pushpam_Priya_Choudhary_during_her_%E2%80%9C30_Years_Lockdown%E2%80%9D_campaign.jpg/170px-Pushpam_Priya_Choudhary_during_her_%E2%80%9C30_Years_Lockdown%E2%80%9D_campaign.jpg)
![Pushpam Priya Choudhary at the ruined sugar industry of Saran during her “Let’s Open Bihar” campaign](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Pushpam_Priya_Choudhary_during_her_Lets_Open_Bihar_campaign.jpg/240px-Pushpam_Priya_Choudhary_during_her_Lets_Open_Bihar_campaign.jpg)
Pushpam believes in pluralism, progressive and positive politics as she has adopted mission of turning Bihar into a developed state of India by 2030 if she becomes the Chief Minister of Bihar.[15][14] She launched her campaign through slogans "Let's open Bihar" and “30 Years Lockdown” signifying the unsatisfactory socio-economic performance of the state in the post-globalisation era synchronised with the Lalu-Nitish regime, and propagating the idea of massive industrialisation, new economic zones, new mega cities, employment to youth, social security and improved agricultural productivity. She has famously claimed that "Bihar deserves better, and better is possible". Pushpam also publicly said that "I have to change Bihar because I do not believe that the people of the world's oldest republic are accursed to merely sing praises of their glorious past. I believe that Bihar too can have a future. What is that future? How can it be achieved? I and The Plurals Party are the consolidated answer to these questions; we consider every person a goal in oneself, not just a means to attain those goals."[5]
References[]
- ^ "Bihar elections: Confident of winning all the seats, says Pushpam Priya Choudhary, Plurals Party chief". The Times of India. 25 October 2020. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
- ^ "PUSHPAM PRIYA CHOUDHARY". www.plurals.org. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
- ^ "Political system is messy in Bihar, I'm going to stay here: Pushpam Priya Choudhary". The Times of India. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
- ^ a b "JD(U) leader's daughter creates flutter by launching party, declares self as Bihar CM candidate". The Indian Express. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
- ^ a b "Who Is Pushpam Priya Choudhary, Who Announced Herself to Be a CM Candidate in Bihar?". The Wire. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
- ^ "Bihar polls: Pushpam Priya Choudhary, the LSE graduate who is eyeing CM's chair". Deccan Herald. 22 October 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "London-based woman to contest Bihar Assembly elections as 'CM candidate'". India TV. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
- ^ "Bihar can move forward only if it gets rid of Nitish, Lalu: Pushpam Priya Choudhary". India TV. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
- ^ Mishra, Dipak (9 March 2020). "Bihar like Europe by 2030? London-returned CM 'candidate' promises, but no one's buying it". ThePrint. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
- ^ "BINAY KUMAR CHOUDHARY". myneta.info. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
- ^ "Bihar elections: Plurals Party's Pushpam Priya Chaudhary fails to make impact". The Times of India. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
- ^ Ranjan, Abhinav (15 October 2020). "Who is Pushpam Priya Choudhary? The UK return girl who aspires to become Chief Minister of Bihar". www.indiatvnews.com. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
- ^ "Pushpam Priya Choudhary of Plurals party gets just 5189 votes in Bihar elections 2020". The Financial Express. 10 November 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
- ^ a b "The Plurals Has Arrived, But Will it Survive the Rough and Tumble of Bihar's Caste-Ridden Politics?". News18. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
- ^ Mishra, Dipak (9 March 2020). "Bihar like Europe by 2030? London-returned CM 'candidate' promises, but no one's buying it". ThePrint. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
External links[]
- 1987 births
- Living people
- People from Darbhanga
- People from Darbhanga district
- Women in Bihar politics
- Bihari politicians
- Alumni of the London School of Economics